Steve 'Big Man' Clayton - I Like It Like That

Styles : Piano Blues
Released : 2011
Lable : Stormy Monday Records

01 - I Like It Like That !
02 - Low Down Ways
03 - Satisfyin' Baby
04 - Heartache Blues
05 - BMC Boogie Woogie
06 - A Mighty Fine Thing
07 - Medicine Man
08 - Ride That Train
09 - I Feel Like Jivin'
10 - Someday My Luck Is Gonna Change
11 - Grooooovy Boogie
12 - Why Can't We Start Again

Steve Clayton was born in Birmingham, England, on September 1st 1962.
He began to show an interest in music at the age of 10.
This prompted his parents to buy an old upright piano and they promptly shipped him off for weekly piano lessons, which he would keep up for the next 5 years.
Towards the end of his music lessons, his music teacher composed a blues for him to learn. The different tones and rhythms were something totally new to somebody learning the classics.
This new found music had an enormous  effect on him; the record collection mounted, spending all his pocket money on records by Cow Cow Davenport, Albert Ammons and Memphis Slim, to name only a few. His time was spent at the piano, trying to reproduce the sounds he was hearing.
It didn’t take long for Clayton to find his way into his first blues band after leaving school, and he would spend the next few years learning his craft in numerous local bands, being hailed as The Ivory Maradona“ and The "Big Man of Boogie Woogie".
The "Big Man" was requested to back visiting U.S. artists like Louisiana Red, Shuggy Otis and Carey Bell, he toured Europe with them, he learnt from them.
He is also the man pounding the keys on the award winning CD “He knows the blues”, by Otis Grand.
Learning to sing was a real turning point, it led him to song writing. The results of which can be heard on his highly acclaimed debut album “Can’t Stop The Boogie“, which he recorded in 1991 with his long time band “The 44’s“. This prompted the German record label Hot Fox, to send him to Chicago to record his second album “I Got A Right“, which features legends S. P. Leary and Lester “Mad Dog“ Davenport (1993). Five more recordings would follow; “I got to sing these blues“ (1999) ,  “You know what I mean“ (2000) , “Dirty Mistreater” (2004) , “Goin´ back to Birmingham” (2007) and “I Like It Like That” (2011).
The "Big Man" was honoured as best piano player by the British Blues Connection in 1995, 1997 and 1998 before leaving for the Boogie Woogie capitol of the world, Germany, where he now resides.
It didn’t take long for him to make his mark here neither, winning a south German prize as best artist for 2001.
The "Big Man" sings and plays the blues as good as you could hear anywhere in the world. He has taken the old style and put his own personal touch to it, indeed........“there is no mistaking the unique sound of Steve "Big Man" Clayton.

Robert Lee Coleman - One More Mile

Styles : Electric Blues

Released : 2012

Lable : Music Maker Records

01 - Somebody Loves Me (I Just Don't Know Who It Is)

02 - Shoe Is On The Other Foot

03 - My Life Story

04 - Four Wimmens In My Life
05 - Mama Told Me 'Don't Play Them Blues No More'

06 - Raisin' Cain

07 - Set You Free
08 - Kinfolk
09 - Country Woman

10 - Cookie Jar

Robert Lee Coleman was born in 1945 in Macon, Georgia. He has worked with Percy Sledge and James Brown. This is first album which is lacking professional production. Recorded with a full band. One More Mile, by Robert Lee Coleman. Coleman doesn't waste any time before demonstrating his tasteful guitar trade. Shoe Is On The Other Foot is asmooth slow blues track with a nice long instrumental segment. Coleman spits out a flurry of hot guitar riffs and there are also some really tasty keys playing by Danny Wilder. Right back into the shuffle groove he goes with My Life Story, a hot instrumental track. Definitely one not to miss. Four Wimmens In My Life retains the hot shuffle tempo and the band continues to demonstrate solid clean playing. Mama Told Me Don't PlayThem Blues No More is a country style blues track providing a contrasting break in tempo and showing Coleman's roots and versatility. Raisin' Cain is a funky rock style track that is likely to get you up and shakin. Coleman of course slaps out some cool riffs and the drummer, Billy Teichmiller gets to show a little spiff. Country Woman finds Coleman back in shuffle groove again. Both he and Wilder take some extended solos and the groove is solid. The recording concludes Cookie Jar, with a little acoustic number with Lance Almon Smith on guitar accompanying Coleman. Overall a very solid cd and one that I believe most blues fans will enjoy!

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Treves Blues Band - Blues In Teatro

Styles : Harmonica Blues
Released : 2011
Lable : Red & Black Records

01 - Good Job

02 - Judgement Day

03 - What You Gonna Do Leroy

04 - Heaven In Hell

05 - Traintime Blues
06 - Delia's Gone

07 - Nobody's Fault But Mine

08 - Talk To The Doctor

09 - Muddy Water

10 - Just About Crazy

11 - From Four 'till Late

12 - Statesboro Blues
13 - Sporting Life

14 - Whiskey Headed Woman

15 - Will The Circle Be Unbroken

16 - Hey Me Hey Mama

17 - Madcat Hop

Born and raised in Milan, Fabio Treves became interested in music at a young age, helped by the father's passion for a variety of musical genres, including classical music, jazz, blues, and Portuguese Fado. Treves' interest in music led him to study a wide range of musical instruments, including bass, organ, trumpet, and alto sax. During the 1960s he began playing what would become his signature instrument, the harmonica.

He settled near Milan as a blues harmonica player, inspired by Sonny Terry, Little Walter, Paul Butterfield, Alan Wilson, and Sonny Boy Williamson II.

In 1967, he played with his first band, the Friday Blues Group. He later joined the Simonluca e l'Enorme Maria band, which performed at the Festival di Sanremo in 1972. The following year, he again took part in the Festival, this time as a chorister for Fausto Leali, in the song "La Bandiera di Sole."

In 1974, Treves founded the first Italian blues band, the Treves Blues Band. Soon after, he met the Texan guitarist and harmonicist Cooper Terry after Terry's move to Italy, and the two began a long musical collaboration. During his career, Treves has played with Dave Kelly, Sunnyland Slim, Johnny Shines, Homesick James, Willie Mabon, Billy Branch, Dave Kelly, Paul Jones, Alexis Korner, Bob Margolin, Sam Lay, Louisiana Red, Gordon Smith, Son Seals, and Eddie Boyd. He met Frank Zappa during his Italian visit and remains the only Italian musician to have played with Zappa on stage.

Treves has participated in many music festivals in Italy and around the world. He continues to publish blues music in Italy, having released more than ten albums to date.

His collaborations have reached many levels of Italian music, having has worked with artists including Angelo Branduardi, Pierangelo Bertoli, Eugenio Finardi, Riccardo Cocciante, Mina, and Ivan Graziani, as well as some non-blues collaborations with Articolo 31

Discography

Treves Blues Band1975: Treves Blues Band (Red Record)
1980: Treves Blues Band & Mike Bloomfield Live (Mama Barley Records, MB 0001)
1980: Treves Blues Band 2 (Young Records)
1985: Treves Blues Band 3 (Buscemi Records)
1996: Treves Blues Band Live! (Red & Black)
1999: Jeepster (Red & Black)
2001: Blues Again (Red & Black)
2004: Bluesfriends (Red & Black)
2006: Blues Notes (Red & Black)
2008: Live 2008 (Red & Black)
2011: "Hey Me Hey Mama" (single) (Red & Black)
2011: Blues In Teatro (Red & Black)

Solo
1978: The Country In The City (Red Record)
1988: Sunday's Blues (CGD)
1991: Fabio Treves & Cooper Terry, "Live" (Red & Black)
1992: Jumpin' (DDD)

Collaborations
1979: Blues, Rock & Country Things (Spaghetti Records, ZPLSR 34057)
1987: Acoustic in Italy (Hi, Folks Records)
1997: Blues Collection (Verve)
1998: 2120 "Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Italia" (Il Manifesto)
2002: Simply the Blues (Zomba Records)
2002: Blues Express (Edel)

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Dan Dinnen - Back Home

Styles : Acoustic Blues (Diatonic Harp)

Released : 2010

Lable : Black Market Records

01 - Ain't No Good

02 - Back Home

03 - Honey Bee

04 - Fallin' Back To You

05 - Blues Walked In

06 - You Don't Know My Mind

07 - Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues

08 - Follow Me Down

09 - Write You A Letter

10 - I Don't Care What Nobody Say

The winner of the Melbourne Blues Appreciation Society (MBAS) Blues performer of the year competition, Dan proves on this debut album recording, that it wasn’t luck but talent that got him the prize which will see him compete at the International Blues Challenge in Memphis in January.

Operating in the well-trodden paths of Leadbelly, Skip James, Muddy Waters etc, Dan is able to bring his own voice to this selection of originals and interpretations. Backed by a combination of full band, duo and solo performances, he demonstrates his respect, and his mastery of the Blues music genre.

 Fingerpickin' guitar, wailing harmonica and piercing slide are the tools that Dan employs to accompany his distinctive and emotive vocals. This debut is the beginning of a talent that is now realized.

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Claire Tomlinson - Black, White & Blues 2

Styles : Piano Blues

Released : 2001

Lable : Claire Tomlinson

01 - Cairo Blues

02 - They Ain't Walkin' No More

03 - Sugar Babe, It's All Over Now

04 - County Jail Blues

05 - Curriculum Vitae

06 - Ode to Billie Joe

07 - Before You Give It All Away

08 - Monkey Man

09 - Steel Mill Blues

10 - Blue Bird

11 - You've Been a Good Old Wagon

12 - Dark Hollow

13 - Spoonful

14 - JES

15 - It Rains In My Heart

16 - Mea Culpa

Claire Tomlinson was born and raised in New York's upper Westside.

Listening to 1940s radio, she reveled in black gospel music and country music and later experienced the blending of these musical strains in the explosion of rock and roll.

In the late 1950s discovering the Harry Smith blues and folk collection was an epiphany revealing the roots and sources of the music she had been listening to for so long.

She immersed herself in the sounds of these obscure and profoundly original singers: Robert Johnson, Skip James, Blind Lemon Jefferson, John Estes, Henry Thomas, John Hurt, Doc Watson, and Clarence Ashley, to name a few.

They pointed the way to other singers, men and women, black and white, whose recordings surfaced and greatly influenced musicians of the 60s and 70s.

Claire first sang and played piano as a child. taking up guitar, she began to play the blues and studied with Dave Van Ronk.

Many years later while living in St. Louis, she returned to the piano, working and studying with venerable blues man Henry Townsend.

"The voice that comes out of this little lady takes you by surprise. She's small, but her sound isn't. Claire mixes up black and white sounds in a way that makes her music sound familiar, but original. She puts her own mark on it."

- Henry Townsend

"Gritty piano blues from a woman's point of view by an appealing new artist."

 - Peter Pezollo

Making Blues - You

Styles : Acoustic Blues, Harmonica Blues
Released : 2012
Lable : Powerhill Studios Records

01 - Stagolee
02 - Pawn Shop Blues
03 - You

04 - Hustle On Down
05 - You Got To Move
06 - Glory Of Love
07 - Penny Pinchin Blues
08 - Chump Man Blues
09 - Trouble In Mind

10 - Midnight Special

11 - Train To Coleraine
12 - Goin' Down This Road
13 - Blue Skies

1970 founded Robbe Kirchmayer and Ignaz Netzer her first band "Company Kischke", a knotless Chicago blues band with Klaus Roggors on piano (later only "studied" musician of the band, composer of feature films and many a "crime scene") and Franz Werder (dr ) varied, the bassist.

"Making Blues" goes for Ignaz one small dream come true, the word "making" impressive keep a play on words: The "M" stands for harmonica, "A" for Albert, "K" for cooking, "I" for Ignaz , "N" for Netzer and "G" for guitar. Of course, this duo is also dedicated to the unique way the old blues, just take a lot of space but other musical styles and original compositions one, so. e.g. Netzer's anti-neo-Nazi song "Brown Monkeys" or pieces with 2 Harps as the "Two Harps Boogie". In addition, the collaboration with a harmonica player for a lot of guitar players freedom.

Personnel
Albert Koch on Harp, Vocals
Ignaz Netzer on all Guitars and Vocals
Werner Acker on solo Guitar

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East River Blues Band - East River Blues Band

Styles : Chicago Blues (Diatonic Harp)

Released : 2001

Lable : East River Blues Band

01 - Gibson Creek Shuffle

02 - Sick and Tired

03 - Why Why Why

04 - Standing Around Crying

05 - Baby What You Want Me to Do

06 - Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby

07 - Across Town

08 - Mind Your Own Buisness


The band features the blues triumvarate: harmonica, guitar and piano, made standard by Muddy Waters a half a century ago. We approach their repertoire with real excitement as this music is deep in our blood.

Muddy Waters, Little Walter, Louis Jordan and His Tympani Five, Sonny Boy Williamson, Junior Wells, William Clarke, The Paul Butterfield Blues Band, Eric Clapton and original compositions.